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It's also a matter of strategic necessity for China, as are HK, Tibet and Xinjiang, which the West (read US and UK chiefly) are trying to peel off while they surround China militarily and are engaging in an arms race.
But the bottom line for all these is that China is committed to defending its territory.
There is no comparison between China's national interest in the region and the national interest of the US/UK.
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So Xi Jinping and his supporters are crazy idiots.
So Xi Jinping and his supporters are crazy idiots.
For the Chinese it is a matter of national sovereignty. No Chinese leader would survive failure to defend it.
For the US, it's a matter of what, exactly?
It's also a matter of strategic necessity for China, as are HK, Tibet and Xinjiang, which the West (read US and UK chiefly) are trying to peel off while they surround China militarily and are engaging in an arms race.
But the bottom line for all these is that China is committed to defending its territory.
There is no comparison between China's national interest in the region and the national interest of the US/UK.
Taiwan is unlike Hong Kong.
A commitment to go nuclear on the part of the US would nix any push to war with Taiwan. But who believes Washington is committed to defending Taiwan?
@ Marian Ruccius: yeah, that was my first thought.
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